Cotton Mary (1999)
Année de sortie: 1999
Nation: France, United Kingdom, United States
Alternative Title: N/A
Réalisateur: Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey
Writer: Alexandra Viets
Production & Genre
Producteur: Producer: Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley
Executive Producer: Paul Bradley
Sociétés: Merchant Ivory Productions
Genre: Drama
Budget: N/A
Histoire
In early 1950s Malabar Coast, an Englishwoman gives birth to a sickly baby while her British husband remains neglectful. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and Anglophile who believes her father was a British officer, assumes care of the infant without informing the mother. She takes the baby daily to her sister for nursing and gradually moves into the English household, assuming more duties as she exploits the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal support. Meanwhile, Mary tells tall tales about her life to her own family while secretly pilfering stores from the English household. The tension builds until it becomes uncertain how long Mary can maintain this colonial-like control over the household before the Englishwoman asserts herself.
Résumé
Cotton Mary (1999), directed by Ismail Merchant and Madhur Jaffrey, is a drama set against the backdrop of early 1950s Malabar Coast. The film explores themes of cultural identity, tradition, and colonial legacies through its portrayal of British and Anglo-Indian characters entangled in a web of deceit and manipulation. While plot details are limited in the provided sources, it appears that the story revolves around Cotton Mary, an Anglo-Indian woman who infiltrates an English household, taking over duties while neglecting to inform the mother about her actions. The film is said to blur cultural lines and examine the lingering effects of colonialism.
